Interdisciplinary Studies

BA/BS Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies

INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES at Concord University offer students the opportunity to design a course of study that meets a particular career or professional need not available in single existing degree programs. Scholars have long recognized that some of today's most exciting career challenges cut across traditional specialties and demand expertise in more than one subject area. The BA/BS degree in Interdisciplinary Studies enables students to include as many as four different subject areas. This is not an appropriate degree option for the student undecided about a major. On the contrary, it is the ideal program choice for the student with a career plan that is multi-subject and professional goals that are quite specific. Students will work with a faculty committee drawn from his or her desired subject areas to insure that the overall plan is coherent, that every class is appropriate, and that every student will benefit from the total range of expertise and talent available on the Concord University faculty.

Examples

Examples of existing Interdisciplinary programs include:

-Music

-Public Administration

-Health Care Management

-Leadership and Entrepreneurial Studies

-International Studies

-Sports Management

How to Apply

Applications for the BA/BS Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies are available in the Academic Dean's office.

Students must complete one semester of college before being admitted into the program. Each program of study must fulfill Concord's Program of General Studies and must include an interdisciplinary program of study that comprises at least two disciplines [four permitted], at least 48 credit hours, and a minimum of 24 credit hours of upper level courses. Each discipline included must contain at least 12 credit hours. Up to 12 hours of internship, directed research, performance, or exhibition credit is permitted in the program.

Students must apply before completing 80 semester hours. To undertake an Interdisciplinary Degree, a student presents a written proposal outlining his or her goal and plan. The proposal will be evaluated by the student's advisor and four other faculty members selected by the student. Faculty committee members must have the rank of Assistant Professor or higher. Each discipline in the concentration area must be represented on the committee. The committee will indicate whether the degree will be a Bachelor of Arts or Science degree.

Each discipline represented by 12 or more hours must contain an adequate number of upper level courses. The student must have an overall grade point average of 2.0 and must have a minimum of 2.0 in the courses indicated in the program of study prior to graduation. Completion of the degree program requires a minimum of 128 semester hours.

After the program of study has been designed, the courses listed on the application, and the appropriate signatures secured, changes made in the program of study must be approved by all people signing the application.

Divisions and Departments

THE ACADEMIC programs of the University are under the direction of six divisions and the departments in those divisions. Following the introductory comments, you will find the courses offered by each division or department. The courses are listed, generally, in numerical sequence. Usually, the 100- and 200-numbered courses are lower division (freshman and sophomore), introductory courses. The courses numbered 300 and 400 are upper division (junior and senior), advanced courses. Normally, students should progress from lower to upper division work, particularly in their major area of work. The course descriptions are only a brief notice of the content and are not intended to be all-inclusive statements of course objectives. Students should notice prerequisites for courses, since courses, competencies, or approvals from University officials may be required. The semester hours of credit that may be earned by successfully completing the courses are listed in parenthesis following the course title, including variable credit. Some divisions include an optional symbol indicating when the course is regularly offered. Courses offered in the Fall Semester are indicated by (F). Courses offered in the Spring Semester are indicated by (S). On occasion, courses are offered every other year, in which case, the year (2005, 2006, 2007) follows the semester indicator. A course with the legend (S-2007) would be offered during the Spring Semester of 2007 (second semester of the 2006-2007 academic year). Concord University reserves the right to modify the frequency of course offerings because of insufficient enrollment, inability to competently staff the course, or other compelling reasons.

Departmental Abbreviations

Each department at the University, and each major grouping of courses, is recognized in course schedules, degree requirement listings, etc., by a two-, three- or four-letter abbreviation as follows:

 

Division of Business

Abbreviation Department
ACCT Accounting
BEOA Business Education, Office Administration & Secretarial Science
BGEN Business General
ECON Economics
FIN Finance
MGT Management
MKT Marketing

 

Division of Education and Human Performance

Abbreviation Department
AT Athletic Training
EDUC Education
E ED Early Education
H ED Health Education
P ED Physical Education
S ED Safety Education
SPED Special Education

 

Division of Fine Arts

Abbreviation Department
ART Art
CART Communication Arts
MUS Music

 

Division of Languages and Literature

Abbreviation Department
ENGL English
JOUR Journalism
FREN French
GERM German
SPAN Spanish

 

Division of Natural Sciences

Abbreviation Department
BIOL Biology
CHEM Chemistry
GEOL Geology
MATH Mathematics and Computer Science
MDTH Medical Technology
N SC Natural Science
PHSC General Physical Science
PHYS Physics

 

Division of Social Sciences

Abbreviation Department
APST Appalachian Studies
GEOG Geography
HIST History
PHIL Philosophy
POSC Political Science
PSY Psychology
SOC Sociology
SOSC Social Science
SOWK Social Work
RTM Recreation Tourism Management

 

Non-Divisional

Abbreviation Department
COLL Introduction to College
HONR Honors Courses